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St. Thomas Elgins

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Founded
  
1948

Location
  
St. Thomas, Canada

Years active
  
1963–1996, 1948–1961

Former name
  
St. Thomas Legion

Year disbanded
  
1996

Ballpark
  
Pinafore Park diamond, now Emslie Field?

Year founded
  
1948 (as the Legion; as Elgins in 1952)

League championships
  
1st team: 4 (1926, 1954-1955, 1958); second team: 1 (1984)

The St. Thomas Elgins was an independent, minor league baseball team of the semi-professional Intercounty Baseball League based in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada. They began play as the St. Thomas Legion in 1948 and were renamed the Elgins in 1953; the team disappeared in 1961 and re-emerged as few years after and lasted until 1996. The team was folded in 1996 and were replaced by the Storm in 2000.

Championships

Intercounty League

  • 1926
  • 1954
  • 1955
  • 1958
  • 1984
  • References

    St. Thomas Elgins Wikipedia